Environment & Nature audiobooks

The Wave

By: Susan Casey

Narrated by: Kirsten Potter

Length: 10 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

From Susan Casey, bestselling author of The Devil’s Teeth, an astonishing book about colossal,  ship-swallowing rogue waves and the surfers who seek them out.

For centuries, mariners have spun tales of gargantuan waves, 100-feet high or taller. Until recently scientists dis­missed these stories—waves that high would seem to violate the laws of... Read more

The Tiger

By: John Vaillant

Narrated by: John Vaillant

Length: 12 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

It’s December 1997, and a man-eating tiger is on the prowl outside a remote village in Russia’s Far East. The tiger isn’t just killing people, it’s annihilating them, and a team of men and their dogs must hunt it on foot through the forest in the brutal cold. As the trackers sift through the gruesome remains of the victims, they discover that... Read more

Zoo Story

By: Thomas French

Narrated by: John Allen Nelson

Length: 8 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Welcome to the savage and surprising world of Zoo Story, an unprecedented account of the secret life of a zoo and its inhabitants, both animal and human. Based on six years of research, the book follows a handful of unforgettable characters at Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo: an alpha chimp with a weakness for blondes, a ferocious tiger who revels in... Read more

Wind

By: Jan DeBlieu

Narrated by: Mary Woods

Length: 10 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Siroccos, Santa Anas, chinooks, monsoons … the wind has as many names as moods. Few other forces have so universally shaped the lands and waters of the earth and the patterns of exploration, settlement, and civilization. Few other phenomena have exerted such a profound influence on the history and psyche of humankind. In Wind, Jan DeBlieu brings... Read more

The Ice Cave

By: Lucy Jane Bledsoe

Narrated by: Carrington MacDuffie

Length: 6 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Gripping true adventure stories - from the Mojave to the Antarctic - reveal one woman's wild affair with the EarthFor Lucy Jane Bledsoe, wilderness had always been a source of peace. But during one disastrous solo trip in the wintry High Sierra she came face to face with a crisis: the wilderness no longer felt like home. The Ice Cave recounts... Read more

Furious Love

By: Sam Kashner & Nancy Schoenberger

Narrated by: Paul Boehmer

Length: 17 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

From veteran entertainment reporter Sam Kashner and biographer Nancy Schoenberger comes the definitive account of the greatest Hollywood love story ever told—the romance of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Kashner has interviewed Elizabeth Taylor numerous times and is the only journalist given access to her extensive collection of personal... Read more

Pandora's Seed

By: Spencer Wells

Narrated by: Spencer Wells

Length: 6 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

This new book by Spencer Wells, the internationally known geneticist, anthropologist, author, and director of the Genographic Project, focuses on the seminal event in human history: mankind's decision to become farmers rather than hunter-gatherers.



What do terrorism, pandemic disease, and global warming have in common? To find the answer we need... Read more

Bonobo Handshake

By: Vanessa Woods

Narrated by: Justine Eyre

Length: 8 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

In 2005, Vanessa Woods accepted a marriage proposal from a man she barely knew and agreed to join him on a research trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo, a country reeling from a brutal decade-long war that had claimed the lives of millions. Settling in at a bonobo sanctuary in Congo's capital, Vanessa and her fiancé entered the world of a... Read more

Everything Is Broken

By: Emma Larkin

Narrated by: Emily Durante

Length: 8 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

On May 2, 2008, an enormous tropical cyclone made landfall in Burma, wreaking untold havoc and leaving an official toll of 138,300 dead and missing. In the days that followed, the sheer scale of the disaster became apparent as information began to seep out from the hard-hit delta area. But the Burmese regime, in an unfathomable decision of... Read more

The Wisdom, Insight, and Wit of Birds

By: Sy Montgomery

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Sy Montgomery apprenticed herself to seven different species of birds. What she learned brings us a new understanding of who animals of all species are, and what they're capable of. Read more

An Eagle Named Freedom

By: Jeff Guidry

Narrated by: John Pruden

Length: 5 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

From the moment Sarvey Wildlife Care Center volunteer Jeff Guidry saw the emaciated baby eagle with broken wings, his life was changed. For weeks he and the center's staff tended to the grievously injured bird. Miraculously, she recovered, and Jeff became her devoted caretaker.



Though Freedom would never fly, she had Jeff as her wings. And when... Read more

Nature'S Path to Your Soul

By: Catriona MacGregor

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Catriona MacGregor understands how easy it is to become exhausted by your schedule, your to-do list, and the gazillion emails in your inbox-and it's also easy to forget there's a world of renewal just outside your door, and a host of plants and animals available to help you find your way back to your peace, your joy, your roots. Indeed, she... Read more

Power Grab

By: Christopher C. Horner

Narrated by: Jim Meskimen

Length: 10 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

No matter how President Obama spins his proposed government policies, they all amount to the same thing: a power grab.In his new book, Power Grab, bestselling author Christopher Horner shows how President Obama wants to take critical decisions about our energy and environment out of your hands and hand them over to politicians, extreme... Read more

Eaarth

By: Bill McKibben

Narrated by: Oliver Wyman

Length: 9 hours

Abridged: No

"Read it, please. Straight through to the end. Whatever else you were planning to do next, nothing could be more important." —Barbara Kingsolver

Twenty years ago, with The End of Nature, Bill McKibben offered one of the earliest warnings about global warming. Those warnings went mostly unheeded; now, he insists, we need to acknowledge that we've... Read more

Creating the World We Really Want

By: Frances Moore Lappé

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Frances Moore Lappé defines the pivotal issue of our time - none of us wishes for children to die of hunger, or for global warming to continue, yet every day it happens. Now, after more than three decades of helping us understand what it takes to live in harmony with the rest of the world, she's identified the reasons we haven't fixed all the... Read more

This Playful Universe

By: Stephan Martin

Narrated by: Michael Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Stephan Martin tells us that ninety-six percent of the universe is dark matter we can't see and don't understand. He sat down with leading physicists, spiritual leaders, and cultural creatives to get their insights on what we do know-and what we believe. In this riveting conversation he shares insights from every perspective-the questions that... Read more

The EARTH Book

By: Todd Parr

Narrated by: Joshua Ferris

Length: 3 minutes

Abridged: No

"I take care of the earth because I know I can do little things every day to make a BIG difference..."

With his signature blend of playfulness and sensitiviy, Todd Parr explores the important, timely subject of environmental protection and conservation in this eco-friendly picture book. This book includes lots of easy, smart ideas on how we can... Read more

Green Mama

By: Tracey Bianchi

Narrated by: Tracey Bianchi & Rev. Tracey Bianchi

Length: 5 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Moms today are busier than ever. Taking care of the planet sounds like a great idea—but in the midst of taking care of your kids, it becomes just one more thing to feel guilty about not doing. Tracey Bianchi knows what it’s like to live in the middle of suburbia with a to-do list too long to write down. In this unabridged audio download of Green... Read more

The Story of Stuff

By: Annie Leonard

Narrated by: Annie Leonard

Length: 12 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

A classic exposé in company with An Inconvenient Truth and Silent Spring, The Story of Stuff expands on the celebrated documentary exploring the threat of overconsumption on the environment, economy, and our health. Leonard examines the “stuff” we use everyday, offering a galvanizing critique and steps for a changed planet.

The Story of Stuff was... Read more

The Whale

By: Philip Hoare

Narrated by: Michael Page

Length: 11 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

The whale is the largest, loudest, oldest animal ever to have existed. It is improbable, amazing, and—as anyone who has seen an underwater documentary or visited the display at the American Museum of Natural History can attest—a powerful source of wonder and delight to millions. The Whale is an extraordinary journey into the world of this... Read more

The Tree Where Man Was Born

By: Peter Matthiessen

Narrated by: Dion Graham

Length: 9 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

In this classic volume, Peter Matthiessen exquisitely combines nature and travel writing to bring East Africa to vivid life. He skillfully and magically portrays the sights, scenes, and people he observed firsthand in several trips over the course of a dozen years: the daily lives of herdsmen and hunter-gatherers; the drama of the predator... Read more

The Unnamed

By: Joshua Ferris

Narrated by: Joshua Ferris

Length: 8 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

The Unnamed is a dazzling novel about a marriage, family, and the unseen forces of nature and desire that seem to threaten them both.

He was going to lose the house and everything in it.

The rare pleasure of a bath, the copper pots hanging above the kitchen island, his family-again he would lose his family. He stood inside the house and took... Read more

It's a Thunderstorm

By: Nadia Higgins

Narrated by: Robert Rance

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

CRACK-BOOM-ba-boom-boom! It’s a thunderstorm! Bring the weather indoors with this brightly illustrated series. Easy-to-read text explains the how thunderstorms form, what causes thunder and lightning, and how scientists track thunderstorms. Diagrams, thunderstorm facts, and a glossary provide additional information for use in classrooms. A... Read more

It's Snowing

By: Nadia Higgins

Narrated by: Robert Rance

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Twirl! Crunch! Shush! It’s snowing! Bring the weather indoors with this brightly illustrated series. Easy-to-read text explains the how snow form, types of snow, and how scientists track snowstorms. Diagrams, snow facts, and a glossary provide additional information for use in classrooms. A perfect suppliment to your library's weather... Read more